Installing SSH Server in Windows XP Home
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If you're concerned about the security of your computing environment, and you're using Windows XP Home as your operating system, keep reading. Just because certain capabilities are not built into the system doesn't mean they can't be added.
A secure computing environment is always one of the most desirable factors when you decide to work with a computer or its associated network. Operating systems such as UNIX have built-in capabilities to do secure transmission and reception of data in the network. In a UNIX installation package, there is an installed SSH (Secure Shell) that has encryption abilities in communicating with a network of computers.
Unfortunately, the default Windows XP Home installation does not have one. Fortunately, there is a way to fix this.
This tutorial will look into the possibility of installing an SSH server on a Windows XP Home computer. There is no need to install a UNIX operating system (thus having two operating systems) on your computer because there are what we call "Unix emulators" that can be installed right in your Windows XP Home.
One of these emulators, called "CYGWIN," offers OpenSSH, a server that can be installed on your Windows computer to use for working with secure shell transmission and reception of data.
If you are still new to networking, you might question why there is a need to have a secure data communication network. It is because it's very possible to intercept information as it travels along the communication network.
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